You have turned aside from the way,
and have caused many to falter by your instruction;
you have made void the covenant of Levi,
says the Lord of hosts.
MALACHI 2:8
A great King am I, says the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.
And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, and if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send a curse upon you and of your blessing I will make a curse.
I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, since you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your decisions.
Have we not all the one father? Has not the one God created us? Why then do we break faith with one another, violating the covenant of our fathers?
PERICOPE:
SINS OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES
Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10
